Air Canada flight slides off runway; 23 injured

Air Canada said the Airbus A320 flying from Toronto was carrying 133 passengers and five crew members

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Last Updated : Mar 30 2015 | 12:50 AM IST
An Air Canada flight crash landed and slid off the runway in the east coast city of Halifax on Sunday, with the airline confirming 23 passengers and crew suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The airline said the incident happened shortly after midnight, and 18 of the 23 admitted to hospitals for observation and treatment of minor injuries had been released.

Air Canada said the Airbus A320 flying from Toronto was carrying 133 passengers and five crew members. The airline did not give the cause of the accident but said it was cooperating fully with investigators.
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First Published: Mar 30 2015 | 12:17 AM IST

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